Using default Android Icons
The Android platform comes with a lot of default icons. Check this visual index of the android drawables to have an idea of what can be used. Some examples of using these...
Automatic updates for Android apk files
Finally 😀 The android market lacks some features. One of them is automated updates for the android applications you have installed. Now you have to check your downloads for any updates on...
Working with images in Android
I’ll try to explain some basic image functions for the Android platform. How to get images from the camera or the device I’ll explain in another post. This is more about handling...
Installing Windows from bootable USB
I’m using an old Dell Inspiron 510m laptop with a broken (and therefore replaced by battery) optical drive. I could still access discs by using an optical driver shared from my network....
Joomla configuration on one.com hosting
I had some issues configuring joomla for a one.com hosting. SEF First of all the SEF (Search Engine Friendly) urls didn’t work out of the box. A quick search on the Internet...
IOException: Cannot run program "reg"
Running glassfish and IBM MQ7 on windows 2000 we got this error. IBM discovered this before and has this fix for us. It’s a huge download for a small fix. In fact...
Android must have free applications
Since payed applications aren’t yet supported in Belgium I can only find free applications on the market. These are my favorites: System tools Barcode ScannerThis one you’ll need to scan the QR...
JavaBean properties: uppercase vs lowercase
In general JavaBean properties can be accessed by the getter method without the get and the first letter in lowercase. For instance: public class SomeClass { private String test; public String getTest(){return...
Timestamps with hibernate annotations
When you want timestamps on objects persisted with hibernate you can add callback methods that initialize these Date properties properly. @Entity@Table(name = "entities") public class Entity {//... private Date created; private Date...